Oh, no worries! I am anxious to correct what I said too, and it's too late to edit it, because there's no way in hell (pun intended) that I want to be mistaken for somebody who non-ironically says "pro-abortion" instead of "pro-choice."

As I said earlier, I should have put "pro-abortion" in quotes, as that what she called me, not what I call myself.

Nope, she works with some horrible "outreach and ministry" organization that teaches, among other things, that environmentalism is a tool of Satan.

Oh, for sure. I was just putting it the way she did. I should have put it in quotes.

A former friend of mine works closely with him, and since then has become every bit as horrible as you would think. She stopped talking to me because I'm pro-abortion, but sends me long emails about how much she misses me when she wants a special favor. I blame him, kinda.

Because she didn't need him anymore for favors or male attention. That's my working theory, anyway.

I totally agree, and after thinking this through, you are correct.

Vent ahead, sorry, feel free to skip this part! I just got kind of irritated again thinking about the whole thing. See, I was actually not even thinking about her talking about me to my boyfriend. I'm a reporter, and so was she at the time. She had a…

I dunno. It's not the EXACT same thing, but my boyfriend struck up a friendship with this woman years ago, and she never made any effort to meet me or get to know me. Although, I found out later, she talked a lot about me. I got real mad.

aw, thank you! You're pretty cute yourself!

Sadly, I'm all sugared up and happy instead of bitter and angry and thus my snark is buried under layers of feelin' good. Also, your kids are too cute for me to pick on you anymore.

Thank you, and now I have to apologize for what I said, which (reading back) came off way harsher than I intended. Good luck with your kids.

Calm down.

It's exactly a way to patronize and belittle. Because I am a fast talker, opinionated, and well-informed I get called "intense" or "passionate" a lot, which means I get told to "calm down" a lot when I'm already perfectly calm. Last time somebody (a woman) told me to calm down, I said, smiling, "I am calm. If I…

I read this and all I see is one long whiny justification for abandoning your kids.

Oooh, how interesting. Best of luck to you. <3

Which, although I thought this was very well-written, made me raise an eyebrow.

I think that's her book, actually.

I love how all these men come in to "explain" rape culture to women. hhahahahaha

Unfortunately I do because I found out the embarrassing way, which was by waking myself up, to Mr. AgingHipster's enormous delight. HAHAHA

Or he'll be tickling you and you'll be laughing hysterically and an enormous one will fly out and make the dog jump, or you will be asleep and wake yourself up and look around wildly and yell, "WHAT WAS THAT!?"